CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF ASPEN ! brian BUCCELLATO • pasquale QUALANO • john STARR • josh REED #

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01: RUPPS COMICS 02: LONE STAR COMICS 03: CAPT. CHUCK’S COMICS 04: WADE’S COMIC MADNESS 05: CAPTAIN COMICS 06: GHOST SHIP COMICS 07: WV POP CON 08: THE SOURCE COMICS & GAMES E F 10th Anniversary Edition Montreal ComicCon Exclusive 09: GOTHAM CENTRAL & EH! Limited Edition of 200 (PENCILS/INKS BY VINCE SUNICO, by - Paolo Pantalena COLORS BY GEN ISHIHARA) Peter Steigerwald 10: HEROES & FANTASIES 11: WARP 9 COMICS 12: CREATIVE COMICS 13: STADIUM COMICS HONOR (ART BY ADAM GORHAM) 14: READER COPIES 15: HAVE FUN COLLECTIBLES BOUND 16: CLEVELAND COMICS 17: PLANET COMICS PART 1 OF 5 18: MILE HIGH COMICS 19: HEROES & FANTASIES (2)

B RIAN BUCCELLATO - story - P ASQUALE QUALANO - pencils - C HAZ RIGGS - digital inks - J OHN STARR The story so far... - colors - They are raised from their youth with strict obedience and brutally trained to protect and serve their respective masters with discipline, J OSH REED loyalty and often times violence, if necessary. - lettering - They are the Executive Assistants.

Executive Assistant: Iris created by , Brad Foxhoven & Editors: Vince Hernandez, Frank Mastromauro Design and Production: Mark Roslan, Peter Steigerwald, Josh Reed SampleLettering font designed by: Dreamer Design file

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ALL NEW EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: IRIS™ Vol. 4 Issue 1 SEPTEMBER 2013. DIGITAL COPY. Published by Aspen MLT, Inc., Office of Publication: 5855 Green Valley Circle. Suite. 111, Culver City, CA 90230. The Aspen MLT, Inc. logo® is a registered trademark of Aspen MLT, Inc. Executive Assistant: Iris™ and its logo, are the trademarks of Aspen MLT, Inc. The entire contents of this book, all artwork, characters and their likenesses are ©2013 Aspen MLT, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any similarities between names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with persons living or dead or institutions is unintended and is purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this book may be reprinted, reproduced or transmitted by any means or in any form without the express written consent of Aspen MLT, Inc.

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